Women and Girls Lead

It's one of the best opening lines we've ever heard: "Did you hear about the woman who rode a mountain bike across Afghanistan?" She's Breckenridge resident Shannon Galpin.

"I went to Afghanistan in 2008 to work with women and girls, to support the voice of the women of a country that is repeatedly ranked the worst place in the world to be a woman," said Galpin, a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, TedX Mile High presenter, activist, author and mom.

Denver's daughter, saxophonist Tia Fuller concludes KUVO's Women's History Month feature. We also encourage you to explore Women and Girls Lead, a major public media initiative focused on women and girls' issues, connecting citizens in Colorado, across the country and around the world.

As part of KUVO's observance of Women's History Month, we're presenting biographical sketches of notable women in the music industry. We also encourage you to explore Women and Girls Lead, a major public media initiative focused on women and girls' issues, connecting citizens in Colorado, across the country and around the world.

As part of KUVO's observance of Women's History Month, we're presenting biographical sketches of notable women in the music industry. We also encourage you to explore Women and Girls Lead, a major public media initiative focused on women and girls' issues, connecting citizens in Colorado, across the country and around the world.

Today, as part of KUVO's observance of Women's History Month, we profile Lorraine Gordon, owner and manager of the Village Vanguard, one of the most storied clubs in jazz, referred to by Nat Hentoff as "the closest we have to the Camelot of jazz rooms." We also encourage you to explore Women and Girls Lead, a major public media initiative focused on women and girls' issues, connecting citizens in Colorado, across the country and around the world.